Window-guide



STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Pani. RIssMAN, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR TO FISHER BODY CORPORATIONor DETROIT, MICHIGAN-A CORPORATION OE NEW YORK.

WIN DOW-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedA May 17, 1921.

Application led August 5, 1920. Serial No. 401,428. f

To all wwni t may concern.' y

Be it known that I, PAUL RIssIIAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in VindowGuides, of whichtheollowing is aspecification. "This invention relates to window guidesfor closed body automobile construction and has for its object a specialformof Window guide arranged to guide a sashless Window I and at thesame time hold the same from Fig. 3 is a View of one end of the window jwell, fragmentary in character, and showing in elevation a pair of therollers that serve -as guides in the window well.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig.'2.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of F ig.`2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of a portion Of the guide channel. l

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of.

Fig. 2, and through thestile.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8--8l of Fig. 9 is a perspective of thelower window rest.

Fig. 10. is a fragmentary view of one side WalLof the guide channel.

The usual present day construction for closed automobile door Windowsembraces either a steel channel bar covered with felt to act .as theside sash bar ofthe window or else a guide for a sashless Window isprovided, which is-formed of a metal channel covered with felt or a.similar material. In this guide the sashless window is. arranged toslide. However, this construction has to be built to accurately fit theglass, otherwise it isnt a success. If the glass varies in thickness,and there are several standard sizes, one size mayfit too 'tightly insome of the channel guides and other sizes fit too loosely. `It `is theObject ofthepresent invention to provide a new form of guide Which'notoply eliminates this trouble due to variation of sizes in the commercialglass but also to provide a guide in which thefelt is locatedonly'inside of the channel and hence is not exposed to the Weather so asto become discolored or torn.

A piece of sheet metal, such, for instance, as phosphor-bronze, is takenand bent up Infothe configuration shown inFig. 6. A

single sheet forms the beads, a, and the channel band the seating flangec. -This con structlon can also be' traced out in examining Fig. 7. Inthe side Walls of the channel pressed-in lips d are provided. Anenlarged ,v i'ew of these is showrifin Fig; 10, which is a mere fragmentofthe guide channel and which is a view looking at the inside of thechannel. It will be seen, from an examination of. Fig. l0, that theselips are kin the form of part-spherical knobs or heads e with necks f;The part-spherical or convex character of the heads Of these spring lipsmakes them present a smooth inclined surface to any sliding action ofthe glass in either direction in the channel.

These heads e project into the channel, as

is clearly shown in Fig. 8, and bear against the two thicknesses of feltg and It there shown.

The inner thickness of felt h lines the channel while the outerthickness of the felt g is simply the felt that isdoubled back over .thewire z' engaged in the` bead a. ,It will readily be seen that the feltumay be assembled in the interior of the channel by doubling it backover a pair of wires and then forcing the wires into the beads throughthe'mouths of the beads and then Ybending theA beads down over the Wiresso as to pinch them in place. It is not necessary to use the wires asthe felt can be pinched directly in the bead, In this construction itwill be understood that the felt is in no Way 106 exposed to the weatherwhen the window is closed. It is entirely concealed under the Window,hence it is not much exposed to the sun or the elements Which cause itsearly deterioration.

The seating flange c of the guide is nailed to the stile j of the door.On the face of the stile is bolted a strip or plate lc which projectsover the stile proper. A piece of sheet metal Z is bent over this toform the usual 110 bead for the, door. This is continued over the outerface of the stile and projects beyond the stile proper at the inside toform the shoulder or window stop m. It will be seen that the guidechannel abuts directly up against this stop on the inside and that thebeads of the lguide channel project slightly beyond the same. The insidewindow stop is formed by the garnish molding 'n which can be applieddirectly over .the flange c of the guide channel and is detachablySecured to the stile by screws o.

`B examininc- Fics. 4 and 7 it will a ear Y e s PP thatthe window issashless at the sides and also at the top. Of course, its bottom will beprovided (except at the ends) with the usual retaining channel p, towhich is attached the lifting strap g'or 'to' which ,may be applied lthe Well known form of mechanical window regulator, which being no part'of this invention is not here shown.

The special form-'sof window guide above described has its channelconsiderably wider than the thickness of the glass. Inasmuch as thespring lips project into the channel "andpress against thefelt, this iscalculated to take the standard thicknesses of glass varying from gthsto `lends of an inch and will take these without any alteration of thechannel.v

The construction of the stile in which the i outer window stopis formedby folding `Iver `on plates s screwed to the stiles.

the sheet metal facing of the stile, effects a very material saving oflumb'er in large body building operations for it does away with thenecessity of a recess about thsof an inch deep and saves about two feetof .lumber to a stile.

Of course, it will be possible to continue the channel down not only thelength of the window opening ibut also down through the window-well,employing another section of .channel for this purpose so as to'perrnitof assembly. lHowever, Iprefer to use a plurality of rubber rollers rcorrugated on their peripheries to make them more pliable and adjustableto the thickness of the glass. These rubber rollers are carried on studst plates s also carry the small rubber buliers u which are let partlyinto the platesfrom the back.v These buffers cushion the window at itsedges'to prevent it being thrown violently against the side of the stileto rattle or be broken. There is one rubber buffer used with each pairof rollers.

At the bottom of the window well is located a rubber' socket or seat'having .a

peculiar conformation, shown in IFig. 9.-

These lTheV rubber socket' piece is inclosed in ametal case o .andisprovided with a V-like opening at the top of the socket with a circularopening fw at the bottom of thc socket. These two openings are/connectedby a narrower passage and are divided by a pair of Contact points orribs qc which have a spacwhich are under-cut so that the spacing at thepoints g/ is gfnds of an inch. This forms .a soft and pliable point ofcontact for the glass where the rubber block engages the same.

No" claim is madein this application to the window guide construction inthe window well asl this is made the subject of an ving, at the outside,of 'gths of an inch and Y other application of John T. Allniand,-

Serial No. 406,263, filed August 27, 1920.

VWiat I claim is:

l. In closed body construction, a window guide in the form ,of a sheetmetal channel provided with struck-in lips that are yieldable andportions formed at the opening of ythe 4channel for anchoring incombination with a felt lining for the channel anchored b said anchorinort-ions;

2. In a closed body construction, ay window guide .in the form of achannel of sheet metal provided with lips of aspring charac- `ter struckin from the side wall of the channel'and turned-over edges or beads atthe edges of the channel in combination with a felt liningfor thechannel anchoredin said beads.

3. In closed body construction, the combination of a channel memberhaving lips struclnfin in the form of apart-spherical or convex headwilth a neck portion connecting with the body of the side wall, saidlips having a spring character. i

4. In closed body construction, a window guide inthe form of a sheetmetal channel provided with beads at the edges, felt lining PAUL RssMAN.

